Kite<\/b><\/p>\n
Once on a time a paper kite Was mounted to a wondrous height, Where, giddy with its elevation, It thus express\u2019d self-admiration:<\/p>\n
\u201cSee how yon crowds of gazing people Admire my flight above the steeple; How would they wonder if they knew All that a kite like me can do!<\/p>\n
Were I but free, I\u2019d take a flight, And pierce the clouds beyond their sight, But, ah! like a poor pris\u2019ner bound, My string confines me near the ground;<\/p>\n
I\u2019d brave the eagle\u2019s towring wing, Might I but fly without a string.\u201d It tugg\u2019d and pull\u2019d, while thus it spoke, To break the string\u2014at last it broke. <\/p>\n
Depriv\u2019d at once of all its stay, In vain it try\u2019d to soar away; Unable its own weight to bear, It flutter\u2019d downward through the air;<\/p>\n
Unable is own course to guide, The winds soon plung\u2019d it in the tide. Ah! foolish kite, thou hadst no wing, How could\u2019st thou fly without a string!<\/p>\n
My heart reply\u2019d, \u201cO Lord, I see How much this kite resembles me! Forgetful that by thee I stand, Impatient of thy ruling hand;<\/p>\n
How oft I\u2019ve wish\u2019d to break the lines Thy wisdom for my lot assigns? How oft indulg\u2019d a vain desire For something more, or something high\u2019r?<\/p>\n
And, but for grace and love divine, A fall thus dreadful had been mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
– John Newton<\/p>\n
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Heed the Sign!<\/b><\/p>\n
One winter a resort in Breckenridge, Colorado, posted signs instructing skiers to keep off a certain slope. The signs, large and distinct, said, \u201cDANGER! OUT OF BOUNDS!\u201d <\/p>\n
In spite of the warnings, however, several skiers went into the area. The result? A half-mile-wide avalanche buried four of the trespassers beneath tons of snow and rock. This tragedy never would have happened if the signs had been heeded. <\/p>\n
Our Daily Bread, 9\u201310-90<\/p>\n
Out of Love<\/b><\/p>\n
A husband and wife didn\u2019t really love each other. The man was very demanding, so much so that he prepared a list of rules and regulations for his wife to follow. He insisted that she read them over every day and obey them to the letter. Among other things, his \u201cdo\u2019s and don\u2019ts\u201d indicated such details as what time she had to get up in the morning, when his breakfast should be served, and how the housework should be done. <\/p>\n
After several long years, the husband died. As time passed, the woman fell in love with another man, one who dearly loved her. Soon they were married. This husband did everything he could to make his new wife happy, continually showering her with tokens of his appreciation. One day as she was cleaning house, she found tucked away in a drawer the list of commands her first husband had drawn up for her. As she looked it over, it dawned on her that even though her present husband hadn\u2019t given her any kind of list, she was doing everything her first husband\u2019s list required anyway. She realized she was so devoted to this man that her deepest desire was to please him out of love, not obligation.<\/p>\n
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